Word: afforded
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Russian nationalistic aggression-cunningly Stalinist. This contention is substantiated by a report in your NATION section. The identical "liberalized" Soviets who now espouse Libermanism and plan to triple their output of autos have secretly developed the Fractional Orbital Bombing System designed to thwart U.S. nuclear defenses. We cannot afford to fall into a false complacency when dealing with the Soviets. They have not yet proven any sincere desire to coexist...
...poverty bill in any form amounts to a victory, the sacrifices which were made to bring about House passage this week cripple the measure's effectiveness. At a time when bitter unrest is growing at an unprecedented rate in the ghettos of our major cities, the nation can ill afford this sort of backward step in the war on poverty...
Hurt Pride. The trouble is that the force is hurting French pride in many other ways. It has already cost $8 billion that France can ill afford, and it is still costing more than $2 billion a year. Its costs amount to about 10% of the national budget in a country whose housing is among the worst in Western Europe, whose ancient schools are a national scandal and whose roads are woefully inadequate. Most important, the country faces stiff economic competition abroad, especially from West Germany and the U.S., and could better channel its money into making more computers...
...should be taken to eliminate poverty in the United States by 1975: "We propose and insist that poverty in America can and must be abolished within ten years." Be assured this is no whistling in the dark: "Before we kneel supinely before the false idol of what we 'cannot afford,' we should appraise realistically the potentials of the U.S. economy...
...this is bitter and trivial consolation for many professors and students. Both firms and government agencies can afford to be selective about what ideas they choose to adapt to their needs--and how they adapt them. Thus, many professors find themselves whistling into the wind--and a smaller, but more disgruntled bunch must watch their contract research service long-range goals they abhor...